The Weekend Sun - 15 July 2022

15 July 2022, Issue 1118

Swimming in light When creatures are small and secretive, they often miss receiving much needed attention... this is about to change for our native whitebait fish with some illuminated creativity.

On Friday, July 22, Katch Katikati’s Lantern and Lights Parade will “shine a light” on our little fish that are threatened with extinction or at risk. With the help of pro lantern maker Ally Rogers and backing from

Project Parore, Katikati’s Kotahi Lane will be flooded with lantern and lights, “I just got really excited about these poor little fish who don’t get any press,” says Ally.

Read their story on page 6. Photo: John Borren.

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One of the casualties of that deal was the name Feta.

It is a name exclusive to Greek cheese makers, so our home-grown white cheeses will need a new one.

At the time I couldn’t think of a suitable alternative name for Feta but Brian from Pyes Pa had no such problem, and he has supplied this knowledge, along with a list of alternatives for other cheeses as well.

“If we can't call a cheese Feta any longer, maybe we can use one-upmanship and call it Beta,” Brian says.

“Havarti could be called Havfarti, especially if eaten with baked beans.

“How about Halloumi adopting the name Salloumi, to be devoured with Salami.

“Gruyere could be a celebratory cheese and be renamed Newyere.

“Finally, Parmesan could honour our farmers who produce the milk and we name it Farmesan.”

Thanks Brian – that’s definitive proof that two brains are better than one.

Not so sweet deal

While we now have a reciprocal trade deal with Europe that protects brands, closer to home our trade deal with Australia – part of the all-encompassing Closer Economic Relations policy – is not so protective it seems.

As a result, the Aussies have been slapping mānuka honey labels on their version of our mānuka honey.

Of course, they also have mānuka over there – loads of the stuff - but it’s called tea tree, although down in Tasmania they have been calling it manuka (without the long vowel ā) for about a century.

It is obviously a Māori word and the sticky issue of who can use it on their honey has been the subject of lobbying for some time.

The fight to trademark the Mānuka name exclusively for Kiwi use is being led by the Mānuka Charitable Trust with funding from the Government.

They were dealt a blow earlier this year when the UK Intellectual Property Office declined the bid for exclusivity. In its decision it says UK consumers have an understanding that mānuka honey comes from New Zealand and Australia.

Ah, yeah – that is kind of the problem guys. Needless to say the matter has been appealed.

says the sight of all these scantilly clad people is causing “discomfort and unease” for local residents and some of the more comprehensively clad visitors.

And it is “contrary to decorum”.

Therefore anyone caught in an inadequately clothed state will be fined 500 euros – which is NZ$820.

Some of their shopping areas are right on the beach so it doesn’t leave a lot of wriggle room.

Basically, if you step off the sand you will get a fine tucked into your waistband.

Nay to the day stay

Togs, togs, togs ...

While we are over the other side of the world, it is timely to look at what some of the great philosophical minds of Europe have come up with in regards to the big questions facing humanity.

And for our own seaside city there is no bigger question than: At what point do togs become undies?

The resort town of Sorrento in Italy says if you have wandered off the beach in a bikini, or with an exposed torso in the case of men, you are essentially committing a crime against decency.

The town’s mayor Massimo Coppola

There are other new rules to be aware of if you are planning to head to Europe for a bit of summer fun in the middle of winter.

Venice authorities are introducing one of the more complicated taxes to discourage tourists from only stopping for one day.

A new fee of 2-10 Euros or NZ$3-NZ$16 is being levied on those who do not stay overnight.

The amount varies depending on the season, with the goal being to reduce tourist number at peak times.

I’m not sure how staying for two days, instead of one day helps reduce numbers but I’ll leave those kinds of thoughts to the big thinkers.

The only other thing you need to be aware of in Europe is that you can not wear a glow-in-the dark hat while partying in Majorca, Spain. It is part of a series of measures to crack down on drunken behaviour.

So, until next week, have fun, but do it with your pants on. daniel@thesun.co.nz

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Ligurian resort of Rapallo has also erected signage reminding tourists that there are consequences for being scantily dressed, as has Calabrian town of Praia a Mare (which has also banned walking barefoot through town).

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Blake Park-ing issues A parent of a child who engages in Saturday sport at Tauranga’s Blake Park is expressing his frustration with the parking in the area.

“My son has been playing rugby this year, when we go down to Blake Park it is basically chaos,” says the parent, who requested to remain anonymous.

He says there are “tonnes” of families at the park during weekends, however, the lack of parking options leads people to park illegally, and adds he is “disappointed” to see a parking warden there issuing parking tickets.

“There’s not many options around, and for a Saturday morning sport, you’d think that would be ok for a few hours.

“Yes, people have parked illegally, but at the same time, Saturday sport is good for our community.

“The council needs to think a little deeper about why people are having to park illegally in the first place.”

He says community sport has been shown to benefit young people in the community, and it is “frustrating” to see that the council is issuing fines.

“When people feel like they’re being punished for being part of that, it’s quite disheartening.

“I’d hate to think that these fines could turn some families off of coming back.”

The parent says there are ‘about 50’ cars that were able to be fined on the Saturday.

“It’s only for those few hours, and it really shows there’s parking issues there.

“Maybe they could put up signs and change the speed limit in that area during those areas when the cars are on the road during Saturday sport.

“It makes sense that it may not be worth building a carpark for just those few hours on a Saturday morning. I am just suggesting there may be a better way of dealing with this issue.”

The Tauranga City Council says parking officers are monitoring the Blake Park area on Saturday mornings and issuing infringement notices to people parking illegally across the central median strip, footpaths, traffic islands and pedestrian crossings.

Parking officers have been patrolling the area using a Licence Plate Recognition car to take enforcement action. Infringement notices are subsequently posted to the vehicle owner.

Council regulation monitoring team leader Stuart Goodman says Council will be engaging with key stakeholders at Blake Park to educate park users on the safety issues and consequences of this behaviour, and is also looking at options such as additional signage and physical deterrents.

“Parking on the median strip and footpath is both illegal and dangerous.

“The Maunganui Road safety improvements project has made a number of changes to the road layout in order to make the road safer – particularly for kids – but we need the public to play its part to keep them safe too,” says Goodman.

“There is plenty of on-street parking in the streets between Maunganui Road and Totara Street, however you might need to allow an extra five to 10 minutes to find a park as the area is extremely busy on Saturday mornings.”

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Liam Arnold, 21, will fly off to Ukraine next Thursday to help in humanitarian aid efforts. Photo: John Borren.

Local heads to Ukraine A 21-year-old Mount Manganui man has chosen to ditch his personal travel plans to go to Ukraine instead, to give on-the-ground help to the country at war with Russia.

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Liam Arnold, a swim teacher, has never volunteered before but after seeing the news about what the people of Ukraine are experiencing, he knew he wanted to show his support.

“It’s pretty much just been on my mind since it started and people need help over there.

“I just feel like I’m in a position where I can actually probably help a little bit so I’m going to try and do that,” says Liam.

Researching and contacting different Ukrainian volunteer groups, Liam will be working alongside multiple organisations, including the charity, ‘Everything Will Be Fine’. He is currently raising funds for a passenger van to transport humanitarian aid supplies and evacuate Ukrainian civilians out of danger.

Liam says the Ukraine “desperately needs drivers and vehicles” for this.

“I was initially saving just to travel overseas but I thought this was a better use of money,” says Liam, who has travelled to Argentina and Australia but

has never been to Europe.

He has been learning Ukrainian language basics for the past two and a half months to prepare and has left his volunteer trip open ended.

“I’m looking at staying about three months but I haven’t got a return ticket… I’ll just see how it goes and it could be a bit shorter or it could be longer depending on the situation.

“As far as safety is concerned, at the moment I’m not too worried about that –obviously there’s a risk but I think there’s a risk with anything, you know.”

On what his family and friends think of him heading to the country amidst war, Liam says there has been a mixed reaction of “good on you” and “that’s quite crazy.”

“So mum’s not too happy and my dad’s kind of on the fence you know; he’s not too pleased but also knows I’m trying to do something good,” says Liam.

Flying out on Thursday, July 21, Liam says: “This is kind of a big step I guess from no volunteering –maybe it will be the start of more in the future… hopefully I can actually help.”

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Links Ave closure extended

Connecting with dogs and owners

To help make Tauranga a more dog-friendly city, and to connect with the 15,000-plus pooches in the area, the city council has started a new Facebook page this month.

Called ‘Tauranga Animal Services’, the page will aim to connect with dog owners on things

such as dog registrations, dog adoptions, events, and where to walk your dogs.

However, the council also wants to know what dog owners would like to see from TCC. Find the page at: www.facebook.com/ taurangaanimalservices

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Teri Logie is frustrated council hasn’t listened to residents.

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The Links Avenue cul-de-sac trial that began in March closes off the street between Solway Place and Concord Avenue to all traffic except buses, bikes and authorised vehicles.

Tauranga City Council transport director Brendan Bisley told Local Democracy Reporting the current trial would remain until there was an alternative layout that could be implemented to ensure the road remained safe.

“If the restriction was simply removed, traffic volumes would rapidly increase back to the 75009000 vehicles per day and the street would then return to being unsafe.”

Links Avenue is classified as a residential street and a safe volume of vehicles is between 20002500 per day. Pāpāmoa Residents and Ratepayers Association president Philip Brown labelled the trial “absolutely shocking” traffic management.

“It is horrendous for the people living there.”

Jacqui, who only wanted to be known by her first name, lives on Links Avenue near the cul-de-sac.

She says the trial is “really annoying” and her family are still reluctant to visit her because of the extra distance they have to travel.

“I’m still living a lonely life with no visitors.

“I have gotten used to travelling the extra distance, it’s just super inconvenient and restrictive,” says Jacqui.

Fellow resident Teri Logie says the drive to Bayfair Shopping Centre used to take seven minutes since the closure it takes 20 to 30 minutes. “It’s making me shop in places I don’t want to shop, I don't really like shopping at the

Tauranga burial costs

The Funeral Directors Association of New Zealand is calling on Government to urgently in-crease the Work and Income Funeral Grant after the release of July 1 council burial and cremation costs.

A sample of 17 council sites shows the average burial cost is now more than $4000 with sig-nificant jumps happening in Tauranga, Hastings, Nelson, and the Far North over the past two years.

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more expensive supermarkets, especially now, and it’s cut me off from my doctor,” says Logie.

Calling on the community

A community panel has been tasked with solving Links Avenue’s traffic issues – something the council has been unable to do without derision.

So far, nine members have been appointed to the panel to community led panel, they are looking for three or four more members.

In June, Tauranga’s commissioners decided to set up the panel in response to backlash from the community. A 5600 signature strong petition calling for the fines to be refunded and trial stopped was presented to council in May and their response was to continue the trial, not refund fines but set up the panel.

Commissioner Shadrach Rolleston told LDR the commissioners had been thinking about “participatory democracy” for a while before the decision was made to establish a Links Avenue panel. “It does need to be a joint solution,” he says.

“I don't think we can afford for this particular issue just to be led and directed by council.”

Rolleston acknowledged there are “some quite heated views” from the community about the trial.

The council also has a survey running asking for people’s views on the trial, cul-de-sac location and traffic management on Links Avenue.

It was sent to the directly affected residents and is available on the council’s website until July 31. The results would be made available to the community panel and presented to council.

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Warren Aitken says council increased user fees and charges, based on a cost-recovery model, as the service was not paying for itself. “This was consulted on through the 2021-31 LTP, and now puts Tauranga in line with other similar cities.”

Totara Street upgrades

Safety upgrades along Totara Street in Mount Maunganui are nearing completion.

Calls for safety improvements were made following the death of a cyclist in May 2020. There was

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In September 2021, Waka Kotahi Transport Agency approved the partnership funding for the Totara Street safety upgrade.

The works started in October 2021 and is expected to be completed in spring this year. Working together with Fulton Hogan, Tauranga City Council has been working on a 3m shared path on the eastern side of Totara Street, along with other additions to the road.

Mountain bike funding

Crankworx will receive up to $8.1 million from the Government’s Major Events Fund to sup-port the delivery of six Crankworx Rotorua mountain bike events.

This includes the Grand Finale in November 2022 and the return of Rotorua hosting the first stop on the Crankworx World Tour from 2023– 2027.

It will also secure the future of up to 24 Summer Series events, hosted across the South Is-land, after a successful launch in 2021. Rotorua, dubbed the ‘Soul of Crankworx’, has been a staple on the Crankworx scene since its beginning in 2015.

WBOP’s mobile recycling

A new mobile recycling service is coming to the rural Western Bay of Plenty.

The mobile recycling trailers are similar to Western Bay of Plenty District Council’s existing community recycling centres, only smaller and on wheels.

The mobile units will be available for the rural community, those not receiving Council’s Kerbside Collective service, to drop off recyclable materials such as glass, paper, cardboard, tins, cans and clean plastics numbered 1, 2 and 5.

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Parade of light

Katikati’s information centre manager Kristin Crockett with one of the handmade fish lanterns that the Katch Katikati team crafted. Photo: John Borren.

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Project Parore, which aims to improve environmental outcomes in the northern Tauranga Harbour, has combined forces with Katch Katikati’s Lantern’s and Light Parade to bring attention to the creatures of our waterways.

“Local streams contain several types of native fish, including the six species whose juveniles make up what are commonly known as whitebait,” says Project Parore deputy chair Lawrie Donald.

He adds that these fish are, “seldom seen because they are secretive, small and camouflaged”.

“Many of our native fish are also rare. Three quarters of our indigenous freshwater fish (39 out of 51 species) are threatened with extinction or are at risk of becoming threatened.”

On board to help our fishy friends is lantern

making extraordinaire Ally Rogers, who has held lantern making ‘Master Classes’ to teach the community how to make lanterns and then share their skills to others.

Although she has made lanterns ranging from ogres to bats, crafting fish or ika (fish) lanterns has been a fresh experience to Ally.

“I’ve never ever made fish lanterns in my life which has been really cool – it has been a challenge. I just got really excited about these poor little fish who don’t get any press,” says Ally.

Project Parore are currently working with BOP Regional Council and landowners to “fix the barriers to fish passage” in each of the eight water catchments at the north end of Tauranga Harbour.

From Monday, July 18 – Thursday, July 21, Katch Katikati will hold public workshops where people can learn to make their own lanterns. The parade night will be on Friday, July 22, at Kotahi Georgia Minkhorst Lane, Katikati.

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Katikati Lanterns and Lights Parade will “shine a light” on a fishy problem in the Bay of Plenty this month.

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Englishman fuels American sport Englishman Graham Whyte is sharing his adoration for American Football, also known as Gridiron – and hopes to see it grow here in the Bay of Plenty.

Graham is a part of a new programme through the New Zealand American Football Federation, called ‘The Champion’s Project’, which is working to develop American Football in New Zealand schools and colleges.

The Englishman, who absolutely loves the American sport, has been playing since the early-1980s and has been on the field at a national level in the United Kingdom.

Previously head coach of local American Football team – the Tauranga City Tridents which are currently preparing for the National finals in Auckland this October – Graham is now working to flourish American footy among local youth.

“Kids are interested in anything new aren’t they?” says Graham.

“And if it’s running around catching a ball with their friends then it’s great you know… the kids are the future really.”

The version of football that the programme is introducing to school students is non-contact and involves five against five players. “I would say the nearest

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Mount Intermediate’s Ella Jackson has her eyes on the ball and took to the new game with plenty of enthusiasm.

The lovely Lucy Shy cat club member Lucy is looking for a home.

We often get shy kitties in our care who haven’t had loving human interactions as babies before arriving in our shelter.

Sweet Lucy is one of those kittens who needs a special family to give her a quiet and loving home to blossom in. She was so shy when she first arrived, but she has since spent a lot of time with our volunteers who have shown her how nice cuddles from kind humans can be!

She has recently discovered how lovely and warm laps are and after a few minutes of patting, she will climb onto your lap for all the smooches and cuddles.

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thing to it would be ripper rugby, so basically the kids wear a belt with tags on and instead of contact tackling they just have to rip the tag off and then the tackles made,” says Graham.

“It’s a way of getting kids into the sport without the gear and the cost of the equipment you need.”

Graham has already started visiting Western BOP schools, getting kids fired up to play this summer sport later in the year.

So far, the response has been great, says Graham.

“They love it already… the enthusiasm is there. The taster

sessions have led to students from Mount Intermediate attending the weekend practice sessions, as they enjoyed their experience in school.”

Graham says the game is for everyone to get amongst: “One of the things we are pushing is girls – we want girls to be fully involved in the sport as much as anybody and students of all abilities…we’re inclusive and want everyone having a go”.

He will continue rallying interest for the game during next six months.To enquire, email Graham Whyte at: grawhy68@googlemail.com

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Resolving an e-waste issue

View mural entries in person Western Bay of Plenty residents are invited to come and view the entries to this year’s New Zealand Mural Contest in person at the Carlton Gallery, Katikati, from July 18-31.

With the pandemic forcing the mural contest to run differently this year, this is the first time the murals can be seen up-close. Nine artists throughout New Zealand and Australia competed in the 2022 NZ Mural Contest from their home studios back in April – now the completed portraits will be on display to view, enjoy and vote for.

Each competing artist painted the portrait of a local person who was nominated as a local ‘Unsung Hero of 2020’ – who helped the community in some way during the 2020 lockdown – and can be viewed at the Carlton Gallery, 36 Main Rd. The community is invited to vote from July 18-31 for their favourite portrait painting with a gold coin. The prize-giving is on July 30 at 4pm at The Arts Junction. Limited complimentary tickets are available from The Arts Junction or phone: 07 549 1658.

Electronic waste has precious metals that can be recycled. Photo: John Borren.

Most Western Bay of Plenty households will have a box or drawer full of cables and unwanted computer equipment gathering dust.

Many people have no idea what to do with these unwanted electronics – termed e-waste – filled with precious metals ripe for recycling.

Wendy Galloway struggled to find somewhere in the Western Bay of Plenty to recycle her defunct printer and ended up taking it to an electronic waste recycling business in Auckland during a trip there.

Wendy didn’t want to pay the fee to dump general waste or drive the hour-round trip from her home in Ōmokoroa to the transfer station in Mount Maunganui.

Wendy says it was “inconvenient and frustrating” not being able to recycle her printer locally.

“I had that printer for six months before I was told about this e-waste in Auckland.

“People are just dumping [items], whether it’s TVs, laptops, computers, cameras, cellphones; they’re just putting them in the general waste at the tip.

“People get new keyboards, they get new laptops, even printers – it’s cheaper to buy a new printer than what it is to buy toner for your printer.”

Most e-waste contains some valuable recoverable metals, including gold, copper, steel and aluminium that can be recycled to make new products.

As of July 1, Tauranga City Council now accepts e-waste at the Te Maunga transfer station for recycling.

While this is too late for Wendy’s printer she is “really pleased” they’re offering the service.

Tauranga City Council sustainability and waste manager Sam Fellows says people can drop off their e-waste for free in designated bins near the bottle recycling area, thanks to a partnership with Computer Recyclers.

“Alternatively, if people are disposing of general rubbish at the same time they can pay the normal gate charge, go through the weighbridge, then dispose of their e-waste in a designated bin in the general waste pit area.”

The cost, plus the need to find a sustainable end-market for e-waste, has prevented us accepting these items before, says Sam. “Council is always on the lookout for more products we can recycle at our transfer stations where a sustainable end market exists, and they will not just end up in landfill.”

Western Bay of Plenty District Council resource recovery and waste team leader Ilze Kruis says their recycling services are not set up to receive e-waste items, because there is a significant cost involved with collection and transport Ilze says they have no immediate plans to include e-waste recycling at Western Bay of Plenty facilities but the council “fully support” the Government’s announcement that e-waste is a priority product for their regulated product stewardship scheme “Once this system is up and running, the cost to responsibly recycle products will be built into the purchase cost and there will be a supply chain to take all electronic products back to manufacturers for reuse.”

Other places people can recycle their e-waste is at Noel Leeming’s in Mount Maunganui and Computer Recyclers in Judea.

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Peering behind Port operations Port of Tauranga invites the public to have a sneak peek at what goes on behind the scenes at New Zealand’s largest port this month.

Holding tours only twice a year, during winter and summer, the one hour bus tour takes passengers around the Mount Maunganui wharves and the port’s container terminal. The tours are the one way

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Tour guide Mike Bulloch gives commentary about port operations during the one hour bus tour.

the public can have a nosy at port operations too…

“The port is a customscontrolled area – that means we have to have security and only people who are authorised are allowed to come through the gates, so this is the only opportunity for people to come and have a tour,” says communications manager Rochelle Lockley.

“It’s also the only opportunity for kids to come onto the port because normally they’re not allowed.”

Although there will be no cruise ships to see on the tour due to Covid restrictions, the

port will still be buzzing; being the port that handles a third of our nation’s cargo.

“We haven’t had any [cruise ships] for the past two years so there hasn’t been much to see in that front but you get to see all of the different ships and cargo – so the general cargo ships, the log ships and the container vessels as well.”

People travel from all across the Bay of Plenty and from out of town to jump on board the tours, says Rochelle.

“We have quite a few repeat customers, so people who come back each year to see how the port has changed… there’s

always something interesting to see so sometimes people book more than one tour.

“We’re all so keen to show off what’s happening in the port,” says Rochelle. “We think it’s really interesting and we like it when other people want to come and have a look as well.”

The tours run from July 1823, at 11am and 1pm daily and depart from Salisbury Ave, Mount Maunganui.

Bookings are essential at $5 per ticket with all funds being donated to Waipuna Hospice.

To book, call: 07 572 8899.

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Competition to reel youngsters into fishing!

Barry Brown with Oscar Monks, 8, and Lucy Monks, 6.

Tauranga Sport Fishing Club’s annual ‘Take A Kid Fishing’ competition tomorrow is not just a fun family day out, and is hoped to spark a lifetime love of fishing amongst youngsters.

“Pardon the pun,” says club manager Barry Brown “but we really hope to get more kids ‘hooked’ on the pastime”.

“We expect to get kids entering who will catch a fish for the very first time. The beauty of this tournament is that every entrant goes home with a prize of some description.”

Eight-year-old Oscar Monks is excited to get out on the water.

“I like going fishing because I get to go on my friend Lee’s big boat and we catch lots of fish.”

There are rods, reels and tackleboxes up for grabs as prizes for the heaviest fish in each category.

“Off the rocks or the piers, they might catch kahawai, spotties or mackerel – and if they go out on a boat deep sea fishing with mum and dad, they may land a snapper or trevally,” says Barry. “It’s that unknown factor that appeals to me

Photo: John Borren.

– you never know what you’re going to reel in.”

First Mortgage Trust is the event’s main sponsor. “They’ve jumped on board to support the tournament because they can see the value in teaching kids how to fish,” says Barry.

The competition doesn’t have a pre-comp briefing – just get fishing from 7.30am to 2pm on July 16, either on land or

species per angler.

Entry is $10 per angler.

Barry says at weigh-in kids will get something to eat at the club and can have fun dressing up as pirates, with lucky draws and spot prizes on offer.

Prizegiving begins 4.30pm.

“Our Take a Kid Fishing event is family focussed, so we’d love to get

at least 100 kids entered with their mums, dads, caregivers along for the day.

“We’re relaxed about how much the parents help the kids. It’s just a fun day out and after all, who doesn’t love dressing up as a pirate!”

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boat, and aim for Kahawai, Mackerel, Snapper, Spotties and Trevally.

Weigh-in is 2pm-3.30pm at Tauranga Sport Fishing Club, 66 Keith Allen Drive, Sulphur Point.

Age-groups are three-five years, six-nine years, and 10-13 years, with each angler able to enter one fish per species; and two

Tauranga lady on a dream golf trip While most golfers can only dream of attending the British Open at the Old Course in St Andrews, this has become a reality for a Tauranga player this week.

hole tournament prior to The Open.

Judy finished second at the Arrowtown competition and secured her dream – a once-in-alifetime trip to St Andrews.

“I wasn’t expecting it at all, and when I competed in Arrowtown and Judy Toovy, a member of the Nine finished second I was in shock,” Hole Women’s Golf group at Judy told The Sun before she left Tauranga Golf Club, is on her for the UK. first trip to Scotland where Judy will not only get to she will get to see some of the watch the best players in the world’s best players take on the world compete in arguably the globe’s oldest golf tournament; most prestigious tournament, and she’ll get to dabble in a but also play in a nine hole tournament herself too. tournament against other Earlier this year NZ Golf players from around the world randomly chose 10 players from before The Open commences. all the scorecards submitted for Judy Toovy.

St Andrews is the nexus of golf and games played over the previous year. this will be Judy’s first trip to Scotland.

The selected players then played in The 2022 British Open at St Andrews is on from a tournament at Millbrook Golf Course in July 10-17, with the world’s greatest players vying Arrowtown, with first and second place winning a to claim the coveted Claret Jug. trip to The Open and an invitation to play a nine Simon L. Herbst

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Ensuring Kiwis pay a fair price at the supermarket As part of our work to support Kiwis with cost of living pressures, we’re taking the next steps to fix the supermarket sector and ensure fair prices at the checkout.

I know that people here in Tauranga are fed up with paying a premium for the basics, while supermarkets are earning around $1 million a day in excess profits.

We’re working at pace to fix the sector and make sure that people here in the Bay of Plenty pay a fair price at the till.

We’re introducing a mandatory code of conduct – and consultation on this is now open, so if you want to have your say, head to: www.mbie.govt.nz/haveyour-say/grocery-code-of-conduct

Alongside this, we’re introducing compulsory unit pricing on grocery products to make it easier for consumers to compare prices. We’re also appointing a Grocery Commissioner to be a referee for the sector, keeping the supermarkets honest and blowing the whistle when it suspects there’s a problem.

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We’re calling on supermarkets to open up wholesale access for their competitors, at a fair price – or we’ll do it for them through law. Opening up

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If we achieve this, we will go from the worst city in the country at 5%, to leading the way for good. To date we have over 10,000 participants. When we reach 20,000 we will see visible change to our streets. And if we reach 30,000, our streets will be noticeably calmer, healthier and safer for everyone.

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supermarket’s stockrooms will make it easier for new competitors to enter the market, and ensure fairer prices.

Taking action on supermarkets is just one of the ways that we’re helping to ease the pressure on households in the face of global inflation. We’ve also introduced a new temporary cost of living payment, cut transport costs, and more.

Making a difference

There’s no single solution for the current cost of living pressures that are being felt around the world, but, when taken together, the measures we’re putting in place are making a real difference for Kiwis.

National to host Welcome Bay public meeting I’m really looking forward to hosting Erica Stanford in the Bay of Plenty electorate this Monday.

Erica is the MP for East Coast Bays and is the Opposition Spokesperson for Immigration and Education. These portfolios are of great interest to Bay of Plenty families, businesses and students.

As an electorate MP I meet with many constituents who express their frustration at the Government’s border policy and the standards of our education system. If you share this frustration, you’ll appreciate the opportunity to hear National’s plans in these areas on Monday evening. Erica and I, together with Tauranga MP Sam Uffindell,

will be holding a public meeting on Monday evening at the Welcome Bay Hall.

It’s free entry but we are recommending that you pre-register at: www.toddmuller.co.nz/events In the education sector we are seeing alarmingly low rates of attendance, with the number of chronically truant kids increasing from 38,000 in 2017 to 67,000 at the end of 2021. A shocking 40 per cent of kids do not currently attend school regularly. National’s view is that every child

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Preparing our kids for great careers

As we head into the second half of the year, many BOP students and their parents will begin looking into career options, and it is a good opportunity to consider what the future may hold for their lives post-secondary school.

In 2022 this is particularly important; despite a diminished economic outlook we still have very low unemployment, and we expect that to remain the case for the foreseeable future. The number one issue for businesses is being able to get people.

For economy-wide reasons, we need to be really good at using the talent we have available in this area, and it’s also important for our people coming into the workplace to get the best job possible.

Getting our own people into high value and meaningful jobs is the best way to fix this.

A changing market

The employment market has changed markedly over the past few years. Gone are the days when our economy would simply grow by importing people – we now face a return of the brain drain, the great resignation and the war for talent.

Employers are responding by fighting hard to be attractive, providing better conditions and by taking on people that may not had a chance in past years. The opportunities for school leavers are more varied and plentiful in a low unemployment market, and we are fortunate to have some

fantastic local employers.

There are plenty of opportunities, pay and employers in areas like mechanical engineering, technology/IT, hospitality and truck driving.

Often entry level roles in these sectors provide particularly good pathways into future roles.

Furthermore, advanced robotics, autonomous transport, artificial intelligence, machine learning and genomics are already transforming the way we live and work. Research even suggests that by 2030, up to 85 per cent of the jobs that will exist haven’t been invented yet.

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We should encourage our rangatahi to investigate the wide range of opportunities out there, teach them about the various sectors on offer, and support them to gain higher skills and qualifications.

We are fortunate to have the University of Waikato based right here in our city.

The 2022 edition of the Canvas Careers Expo will be held on August 12-13, 2022, which is a great way for students and job seekers to get an idea of the opportunities available right here in the Bay of Plenty. This free expo is held at Bay Park and is an interactive event where many employers and training providers will offer hands on experiences into what they do and the innovations of the future.

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News from Bay of Plenty Regional Council July 2022

Sign up now to pay your regional council rates by direct debit!

This year, for the first time since the Regional Council was formed in 1989, we will be collecting our own rates. Until now, we’ve contracted this out to the region’s city and district councils to do this on our behalf.

But this year, in late August/early September, if you’re a ratepayer you’ll receive a separate invoice from us.

Do you want to spread the cost of your rates across the year?

A key benefit is it means that you won’t get charged a penalty on any amount that is still owing after the due date for the current rates year.

Once you sign up, we’ll take the agreed regular payments from your bank account. If the payment amount changes, we’ll always let you know before taking the funds from your account. You can cancel the direct debit at any time by contacting us.

There are plenty ways to pay your rates

You can now set up a direct debit so that you can pay your rates the secure and easy way!

Direct debit means you can pay your rates invoice in regular instalments (weekly, fortnightly, monthly or annually), spread over the rates year. This is handy for budgeting and means you don’t have to worry about remembering to make a payment. It also means that you won’t get charged a penalty on any amount that is still owing after the due date for the current rates year.

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Note: You will continue to receive a rates invoice from your city or district council for their rates – if you are already paying their rates by direct debit and wish to continue to, please do not cancel any existing direct debit arrangements you have with them.

Are you ready to stand for our region?

Nominations for the upcoming Regional Council elections open today!

If you are interested in representing your community at a regional level, visit our website and find out a bit more about what it means to be a Regional Councillor and the work we do. Visit www.boprc.govt.nz/elections for more information. Nominations close Friday 12 August.

Tell us what you think about our Freshwater There’s still time to tell us what you want the future of freshwater to look like. Your feedback will help shape the visions and environmental outcomes for freshwater here in the Bay! Head over to www.participate.boprc.govt.nz/vision-and-outcomes and go in the draw to win one of five $200 gift vouchers.

Have your say on our plan for the region’s Public Transport The Regional Public Transport Plan is being reviewed and we need your feedback to help us create a plan that works for everyone. Public Transport helps the environment, keeps people connected and is a key method of transport for many people. Successful public transport systems have the potential to benefit everyone, including non-users. Have your say before Friday 29 July at www.participate.boprc.govt.nz

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On your marks, get set...

Hey kids – looking for some school holiday fun?

Grab your whānau, grab your friends, get outdoors and discover your district!

Western Bay of Plenty District Council is excited to launch ‘Discover your District’ – a series of scavenger hunts designed to get families outdoors and exploring some awesome Western Bay of Plenty spaces. And just in time for the school holidays.

There are five beautiful locations to discover – Te Puna Quarry Park, Katikati Town Centre Loop, Waihī Beach North End Loop, Te Ara Kahikatea Pathway in Te Puke, and TECT Park’s Te Rerenga Loop Trail (don’t forget your torch for the tunnel!)

WBOPDC reserves and facilities team leader operations Steven White says although the weather is cooler, it’s a great time to get out of the house for some fresh air and burn off the kids’ excess energy.

“There are so many fantastic spots around our district; this is a different way to showcase some of our walking tracks and trails, and put on a fun, free activity for families,” says Steven.

“Eels, giant outdoor musical instruments, and a historic railway bridge are just some of the highlights you might find along the way.”

To get started, download your activity sheets from council’s website or pick up a copy from your local library or service centre.

Tamariki (children) will need a copy of the question form each, and a pen to answer the questions.

Once you’ve finished a hunt, drop your completed activity sheet in to any of WBOPDC’s libraries or service centres, or scan and email them to: events@westernbay.govt.nz Those aged 12-and-under will receive a special medal.

Each location is unique with different levels of difficulty. Stairs and uneven terrain are noted on the activity sheets, so please ensure appropriate footwear is worn. It will take between 30 minutes and 90 minutes to complete each walk.

“You can do all the locations, or just one – it’s up to you. There are five medals to collect so there’s a bit of a challenge to complete as many as you can,” says Steven.

“It’s all about families being active together, exploring a new place, having fun, and hopefully learning a thing or two!

“We’d love to see all your scavenger hunt photos, so if you’re keen to share, tag us on Facebook or Instagram @westernbaycouncil or #discoveryourdistrict.”

For more information and to download the activity sheets, visit: govt.nz/discover-your-district

Western Bay of Plenty District Council is encouraging the community to have their on government’s planned Three Waters legislation before July 22.

There’s still time to share your views on the Government’s draft Three Waters legislation.

Nationwide public consultation on the Water Services Entities Bill is open until Friday, July 22, and both Western Bay of Plenty District Council and Tauranga Council is encouraging the community to provide their feedback direct to Government.

The Government-led water reform is currently going through Parliament and public submissions are now open for the Water Services Entities Bill.

This is the first of a series of legislation that will begin to confirm the law behind the reform.

The Bill focuses on establishment of water service entities; how they will be owned, and who will have influence and oversight.

The submission speaks to five key issues, which have been identified as a result of community feedback received last September.

Tauranga City Council Commission chair Anne Tolley says it is important to share the draft submission with the community, to check that it addresses any key concerns.

“We are asking for feedback on our submission

so that we can confirm we are covering the right issues when we speak to government about reform,” says Anne.

“We acknowledge that there is a lot of community feeling around water reform. Our position is that we continue to work with government so that we can influence decisionmaking around this mandated reform,” says Anne.

The community can share their views on the draft legislation, which will change the way water services are delivered in New Zealand, direct to Government on the Parliament website until 11.59pm on Friday, July 22.

Feedback on the legislation to the Select Committee can be provided until July 22.

Information on the legislation and details on how to make a submission are on the Parliament website at: www.parliament.nz/en For more information, visit the Department of Internal Affairs Three Waters information site at: www.dia.govt.nz/Three-Waters-ReformProgramme To read the Bill, TCC’s submission and complete the survey, visit: www.tauranga.govt.nz/council/ water-services/three-waters-reform

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Do you use a turmeric supplement? Part three Nutraceuticals are compounds extracted from plants or inorganic sources that have a therapeutic benefit.

The list is long and includes the things like vitamins and plant-sourced compounds like antioxidants and inorganic sources especially minerals extracted from rocks, soils, and sea water.

Nutraceuticals can also be copies of compounds our bodies manufacture that are difficult to get from diet such as Co enzyme Q10 for energy and Alpha Lipoic acid for nerve support.

Do a search for curcumin in Google Scholar and you will be overwhelmed with the amount and quality of the research into

turmeric. This research is mostly focussed on the anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties of curcumin. You will also see studies on using curcumin as part of cancer, autoimmune and mental health therapy.

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inflammatory prostaglandins and helps regulate inflammatory cytokines critical for autoimmune disease management.

The problem with curcumin is that it has low solubility in water and poor absorption.

Adding piperine (black pepper extract) dramatically increases plasma curcumin levels by inhibiting a liver enzyme that removes it. However, piperine is a gastric irritant and can cause or worsen upper digestive problems especially reflux.

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Teaming up for better outcomes Skinspots and MoleMap have now joined together in helping to take the fight against New Zealand’s most commonly diagnosed cancer nationwide.

MoleMap, NZ’s largest melanoma diagnostic service, has been at the forefront of skin cancer screening technology for more than a quarter of a century.

The Skinspots team have become experts in the surgical and non-surgical treatment of all forms of skin cancer.

The integration of our clinic into MoleMap will mean patients who are diagnosed with skin cancer will now be able to receive expedited treatment.

Early diagnosis and treatment are critical factors in providing successful outcomes for those with skin cancer and by bringing experts in both fields

closer together we will be able to reduce waiting times for not just those in the Bay of Plenty region, but also other parts of the country.

Operating in partnership with MoleMap, the team at Skinspots aim to provide a new way for New Zealanders to monitor, treat and prevent the spread of skin cancer.

The treatment services we offer, and our team of medical professionals will not change at all. All existing clinics including Bayfair and our satellite clinics in Fraser St, Pyes Pa, Papamoa East and Ngongotaha as well as our hours of service will also remain the same.

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Brow lamination - a beauty trend that’s staying put!

Brow lamination is one of the latest innovations in the beauty scene and it is available now at Jamele Skincare.

teenagers and great-grandmothers alike. Our beauty therapist, Jess Allerby, is doing a lot of brow laminations with her clients, so I’ll leave her the final words. “I love

Brow lamination straightens unruly or downward-growing brow hairs and makes brows naturally fuller and easier to style.

The treatment uses a chemical solution to straighten brow hairs. This allows your beauty therapist to realign your brow hairs before setting – or laminating – the brow hairs in place. Combined with brow tinting and shaping, lamination delivers a fuller, defined brow shape that remains in place.

The effects last for six to eight weeks.

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Though it is perhaps best known for taming wild brows, brow lamination provides an elegant solution for brow challenges at opposite ends of the spectrum. Brow lamination is a welcome relief for people with naturally thick or bushy

transforming my client’s brows and they’ve been really happy with the results. I loved how good it makes my eyebrows look! They’re a lot thicker and the tint lasts longer.”

eyebrows who tend to have stubborn stray hairs with a mind of their own!

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But it is also a beneficial treatment for filling out brows that are thin and sparce – something that occurs with age or over-plucking. Brow lamination helps to fill in any gaps and gives a fuller looking brow without the need for make-up. It also lifts the brow arch for a more youthful appearance.

This makes brow lamination appealing to

Curly West and Christine Terry. Photo: John Borren.

Everybody invited to try yoga Tauranga Yoga Centre has been offering affordable, non-profit yoga since 1972.

TYC is centrally located on the Elizabeth Street Extension and has ample free parking.

Everybody is invited to join TYC to enjoy overall well-being and improve flexibility and strength.

Yoga brings together the mind and body promoting physical and mental health.

Membership fees are $100 for a 12 week term of unlimited classes. There are also $50 concession cards for five classes or $15 per casual class.

There are a variety of class levels and styles. Twenty classes per week are offered at beginner, intermediate and experienced levels including restorative and deep relaxation classes.

Specialist classes and workshops include: Yoga for Arthritis, gentle yoga for women

whose lives have been affected by cancer, and Yin classes.

Visit the TYC website for current timetable options.

All TYC teachers are well qualified, experienced and promote a welcoming and supportive environment.

TYC is a dedicated yoga centre, fully equipped with a wide range of props including blankets,

blocks, belts, bolsters and chairs.

“TYC classes and teachers have been invaluable in improving my flexibility and maintaining my general wellbeing,” says seven year member Nick Fletcher.

“I’m really pleased I have joined TYC, yoga is great for my mind and body,” says new member Sheryl Walker.

BOOK YOUR CONSULTATION TODAY AND BE ONE STEP CLOSER TO HEALTHIER LEGS

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The Weekend Sun’s ever popular guide to ‘What’s On’ in the Bay.

Energy? Anger? It’s dead simple The word 'punk' means different things to on the fringes. The Clash were musically retro but different people – and that's even before you good politically; The Jam were more sophisticated musically and pretentious lyrically but great live. start using it as a musical term.

Then the Americans

Once you start trying to define 'punk' musically you end up with one of those circular discussions that so exercise festival organisers trying to decide things like 'what is Jazz really?' or – even worse – 'how do you define Blues'?

I'm a bit old-school on this. But maybe that's because I'm old. At least by the standards of young punks. I happened to be in England way back in the mid-seventies during those furious days of 'original' punk. I actually remember the shocked front page headlines in every single newspaper the day after the Sex Pistols used the f-word during a BBC interview. The entire country was aghast.

That was punk for me: the Pistols, the Buzzcocks, Sham 69, The Damned, X-Ray Specs... with others

the New Zealand music scene, with his 80s band Unrestful Movements regularly labelled 'post-punk'.

started proclaiming their bands to be 'punk': the Ramones? Johnny Thunders? Maybe The Slits, but Americans branded anyone doing anything new as 'punk', from The New York Dol ls to Patti Smith and Talking Heads...

New Punk?

Since the late seventies/ Dead Simple. early eighties there have been new punk movements every few years, whether it be Green Day (punk – really?), grunge and hardcore stuff in the nineties, basically anything with guitars and a bit of energy. But where's the philosophy? A lot of that early explosion – despite merely being a fashion statement for Malcolm McLaren – was specifically politically working class, fed by anger at Thatcher's policies of repression and class warfare.

Then there was a lot of music called 'post-punk', which brings me to the debut album of Tauranga band Dead Simple, 'Backchat', which pulses with punk energy and I find an absolute breath of fresh air.

Though it's been out a few months it has been hard to find online and passed me by until I managed to Latest album from Dead Simple. get a CD. In fact the album is only now available for streaming, via: Website Audio-Culture calls their deadsimple2.hearnow.com music 'Slow, snarling, grinding Dead Simple are singer/guitarist Glen Wilson, bass player/singer Lara Wilson and drummer Verne songs that echoed the punk era and anticipated later "sludge" Bigwood. They are, by strange coincidence, all rock bands'. born on December 27. They recorded 'Backchat' with producer Tim Simon Julian at Welcome This is his first recording since then Bay's Colourfield and there are remade songs here Recording Studio. from that band, 'Anti-Trend' and Glen has history on 'Greed', both political broadsides

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sitting alongside newer songs such as 'Simon'. That one should have particular relevance here, what with our ex-MP, Jamie Lee Ross and political donations taking centre stage. Glen writes a fierce lyric and his angry delivery is perfect. Songs are not the place for subtle political analysis: anger, lean and mean, delivers here, with a chorus of 'God give me strength, can't take the stench, can't take it.'

There's an anti-1080 anthem, a Joy Division cover, 'New Down Fades', and a rather delightful jazz-leaning love story 'Lost My Wallet'. There's also a cool medley when 'Democracy' (a lament for its passing) segues into 'Anarchy In The UK'. Musically the band favour slightly dark minor grooves, typified by the optimistic opener 'Live Life' and the songs really deliver melodically, with aggressively catchy choruses and clever use of backing vocals.

There is no pretence in these cuts.

Dead Simple sounds like a genuine three-piece playing live.

Extra guitars have not been added to create a false wall of metal sound.

What you get is absolutely honest, with the odd subtle studio touch: a grinding guitar, cool old-school soloing, and solid drums and bass.

I like it. I like it a lot.

I'd love to see the band live.

In the meantime, you can get CDs – or book the band! - via: www.facebook.com/fordeadsimple Damn fine work all round.

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Affordable acrobatic show at Trustpower Arena MEDIUM

Biggest Little Circus Aerial acrobat.

The Biggest Little Circus, an affordable family-friendly acrobatic show, will be performing at the Trustpower Arena these school holidays.

You won’t want to miss this big, bold, funny show full of audience interaction, a whole lot of Kiwi charm and plenty of lycra!

It has everything from high skilled juggling, breath-taking aerial acrobatics and a one-of-a-kind finale that has dazzled crowds around the world! This jaw dropping show will entertain all ages from pre-schoolers to grandparents.

The show is produced by Colossal, an award-winning production company founded by three Kiwi artists. They have performed shows across New Zealand and as far abroad as Canada with rave reviews.

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Opus Orchestra will be presenting Stars Aligned – their latest concert – at the end of this month.

WHAT’S ON

You won’t want to miss the amazing line up of soloists - none other than the fabulous New Zealand Symphony Orchestra concertmaster VesaMatti Leppänen (violin) and section principal cello Andrew Joyce.

Conducted by Opus Orchestra patron James Judd, they will perform the Brahms Double Concerto, op.102.

Make sure to catch these three stars of the music world - Stars Aligned - with James, Vesa-Matti and Andrew!

Opus Orchestra music director Peter Walls says the Stars Aligned programme emerged from

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choosing two major romantic works that (almost) fit the Opus Orchestra lineup (“four horns rather than two, but...”).

"Then a very tenuous link between Mendelssohn’s ‘Scottish’ Symphony and Larry Pruden’s The Queen, which I’d always thought would be a nice fun little fragment to pull out some time.

“Then the idea of preceding each of the romantic masterpieces by a NZ miniature took me to Eve de Castro-Robinson’s Fractions. Mendelssohn and Brahms were close friends and colleagues.

“So pairing the Scottish and the Double has a kind of automatic coherence."

Stars Aligned will be performed at Baycourt Addison Theatre on Saturday, July 30, from 7.30pm.

Tickets are available online at Ticketek or door sales by EFTPOS will also be available.

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Little Green Man Productions

Tue 19 Jul 11am (<5yrs) 1pm (Family Show) Addison Theatre (Puppetry/Music)

TAURANGA DANCE INC. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS Tauranga Dance Incorporated

Sat 23 Jul 6:30pm

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Saturday 16 July

Badminton Club Aquinas College

Tauranga Badminton Club, Monday’s 7-9pm. Aquinas College Events Centre PyesPa. Seniors & Year 11 upwards.

Casual players welcome. $10pp. Club racquets available. Ph/text Noel: 027 622 9797

Bay Singles Social Group

Join a bunch of over 50’s young singles. Weekend dinners, pot-lucks, occasional outings.

Have a go! Ph Delia 027 284 8762 or Andrea 021 133 0313

Greerton Hall Market

8am-12pm Last Saturday of each month. Stalls inside/outside. Discounts for charity groups. Refreshments at kitchen. Ph/txt for site. Tricia 07 543 1487/ 027 908 2952, www facebook. com/greertonhallmarket

Katikati Bowling Club 8 Park Rd 12.45-3pm

Katikati Toy Library

Family-focused facility offering 600+ toys to loan to children zero10. Tues 6.30-8pm Weds 2.30-4pm Sat 9am-10am. Located behind the Christian Centre, Henry Rd, Katikati

Mount Music Club

Country music, every 2nd Saturday of the month, 1-4pm. Senior Citizens Hall, 345 Maunganui Rd, Mt, Maunganui. Good band.

Ph Dick 027 493 8458

Omanu Petanque

Find out more about recreational petanque or competitive petanque Weds & Sun1pm Bayfair Reserve, Russley Dr. New players and visitors welcome. Chris 022 639 3489

Otumoetai Tennis Club

Adult tennis. Start time 1.30pm.

Bellevue Park Windsor Road (adjacent to swimming pool). New players and visitors welcome. Ph Victor 027 577 1818 a/hrs

Petanque Tauranga BOP Association

Club days Sat, Tues & Thurs. Tawa Street, Mt Maunganui. French game la ed it i i air, ules a aila le.

Ph Ray 027 7563565 for playing times

Puffs 16th Ave Theatre

This classic story from a certain school of magic reimagines what a boy wizard hero can be . Puppets, magic and much more. Book @ iTicket (July 8th-23rd)

St Stephen’s Jigsaw Library

Every Saturday 10am-12noon Hire a variety of 500 puzzles, of 100 to 2000 pieces. Please wear masks and bring Vaccine Pass. Located behind church at Highmore Terrace, r field

Tauranga Farmers Market

7.45am-12noon at Tauranga Primary School cnr Cameron Road & 5th Avenue. Rain, hail or shine. Direct from the Producers. Support local

Tauranga Fuchsia Group

Meet last Saturday of the month February to November at Art & Craft Centre, Elizabeth St West 1pm. Learn to care for fuchsia plants

Taoist Tai Chi

Taoist Tai Chi beginners sessions every day except Sundays at Greerton

Bethlehem Te Puke, Papamoa & Katikati. Ph Margie 021 500 320

Te Puke Scottish Society

a ifi sland t emed dan e 7-10.30pm at Memorial Hall, Jellicoe Street, Te Puke. Great music, aircon all, su er, ra es, s t ri es. entry. Valerie 573 7093

Village Radio Museum

Community Radio broadcasting nostalgic music & Community Notices seven days on 1368 KHz AM Band. Radio Museum open from 10am. Request line 571 3710

Welcome Farmers’ Market

Come visit this vibrant and welcoming market! At Changepoint Church, or on t e first aturda t e m nt at Fait Bible College. 9am-1pm Saturdays. www.welcomefarmersmarket.co.nz

Sunday 17 July Accordion Music Group

Every 3rd Sunday of the month 1-4PM at Welcome Bay Hall. $4, players and visitors all welcome. Joy 027 285 3093

Bretts Goalkeeping Clinc

Free Soccer Goalkeeping Coaching, Sunday Mornings 9am until 11am from 9yrs to youth, at Waipuna Park. these sessions would suit beginners and upward.

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Falun Dafa Exercises

Apply ancient wisdom in 2022 with Falun Dafa. Outdoor exercises - welcome, it’s free. Ph Judy 021 042 5398 https://en.falundafa.org/contacts/ country/new-zealand.html

Farmers Market - Mount Mainstreet

Every Sunday 9am-1pm rain or shine!

Te Papa o Nga Manu Porotakataka (Phoenix Park). www.mountmainstreet. nz

Flag Gridiron Practice

Arataki Park. Sunday 2.30-4.30pm.

Come down and give Flag Gridiron a try. t s ne t e astest r in s rts in NZ. All welcome.

Music Group Sunday Sessions

Play an instrument? Love to sing?

Come along, join in! 1st/3rd Sunday monthly. Arataki Community Centre.

4.30-5.30pm, $15. To book: 0274 751 023 / rahimc@email.com

Papamoa Country Music Club

4th Sunday of the month. Good band.

Sports Centre, Gordon Spratt Reserve, Parton Rd, Papamoa. 1-4.30pm.

Ph Dick 027 493 8458

Radio Controlled Model Yachts

Sun & Thurs 1-3.30pm. Pond behind 22 Montego Drive Papamoa, sailing Electron Radio Controlled Yachts for fun. Adult beginners welcome. Graham 572 5419

Spiritual Centre Psychic Cafe

Greerton Community Hall. Doors open 6.30pm, starts 7pm. $20 entry then everything there-on FREE. Psychics, Healers, refreshments. Bay’s largest regular Spiritual Meet. Be there! www.psychiccafe.nz

St Enochs Presbyterian Church

9.30am 134 Sixteenth Avenue, Tauranga. Everyone welcome. God honouring, Christ following, Holy Spirit led Ph 578 3040

Tibetan Buddhist Teachings

How can we practice Bodhicitta?

Sunday 17 July from 10-11.30am followed by refreshments. 25 Junction Road, Te Puna. Everyone welcome!

Find us at https://www.facebook.com/ tashichoepel.ling

Monday 18 July Alcoholics Anonymous

Open meeting 10am, Wesley Methodist Church, 100 13th Ave, Tauranga. All welcome.

Ph 0800 229 6757

Badminton Club Aquinas College

Tauranga Badminton Club.

Monday’s 7-9pm at Aquinas College Events Centre. Seniors & Year 11 upwards, Casual players welcome, $10pp. Club racquets available. Ph/text Noel: 027 622 9797

Chess Mount Maunganui

Mt Maunganui RSA Chess Club, Maunganui Rd. Mondays (excl. public lida s m n ards. n sear “Western BOP Chess” online

Dutch Friendly Support Network

Coffee morning 1st Monday of month, 10am-12noon. $4 entry. Vintage Car Club Rooms, Cliff Road, Tauranga.

Ph Bernadette 07 572 3968

Free First Dance Class

Celeste Dance teaches @ Arataki Community Centre every Monday during the term. Starts at 3.30pm. Pop in r a first lass ree dan er.amanda gmail.com 0210 841 0697 for info

Harmony a Plenty Barbershop

Maori History Walks

Men -Do you like to sing and have fun? We’ll teach you. We practice Mondays 7pm at Bethlehem Community Church Moffat Road. Ring Errol at 0272 300 959

Papamoa Lions Club Market

Omokoroa 11am-12pm, Settlers Hall, 334 Omokoroa Road. Strength & balance classes r lder adults. ll le els fitness welcome. Ph. Sharnie 021 111 8617

Quakers Tauranga

An A-Z of Clubs, Courses & Classes happening now. Find an activity, join, & do it! All ages. www.letslearn.co.nz or ph 07 544 9557

Papamoa Hills - learn the stories of Maori settlement along the BOP coastline. See details and booking herewww.traveled.co.nz/upcomingexperiences or text 0220 494 465 2nd & 4th Sunday. Gordon Spratt Reserve, Parton Rd, Papamoa. Gates open 7am for stall holder entry.

Wayne 027 974 5699 All welcome to join. Mostly silent meetin r rs i and re e ti n, followed by sharing and discussion.

10am cnr Elizabeth and Cameron Roads Phone 543 3101

Keep On Your Feet

Let’s Learn Something New

Mt RSA Indoor Bowls

t nd r ls ne lu time Mondays, 12.15 for 12.30pm game.

Newcomers welcome. Contact Joy 0210 912 7589 or Alice 0210 642 337

Papamoa Patchers Quilting

Inachord Women Singers

9.30am-2.30pm 1st and 3rd Monday of month. 9.30am-12.30pm 2nd and 4th of month. St Andrew’s Church Hall, corner Dee St/Ranch Road, Mt Maunganui

Join us for singing and fun. 7pm Bethlehem Community Church, 183 Moffat Rd. Musical Director Andrew Braid. Pippa 0274 730 185, Julie 0210 252 6805

Pickleball In The Morning

JP Free Service

9.15am-12.15pm. Join in the fun at the Mount Sports Centre. Bats, balls and tea and coffee provided. $5. Bob 027 478 6282

Rangatahi Kai Club

For 10-16yrs, 4-5.30pm at Welcome Bay Community Centre, 242 Welcome Bay Rd. Cooking, life skills and developing leadership

Social Indoor Bowls

Justice of the Peace Service at Greerton Library every Tues & Thurs 2-4pm.

No appointment needed. Enquiries 021 160 6460

Keep On Your Feet

Katikati Catholic Church hall, 89 Beach Road. 10.15-11.15am, strength & balance classes for older adults, all le els fitness el me. . arnie 021 111 8617

Lunch & Games Afternoon

Greerton Senior Citizens Hall 33 Maitland St. Mondays 12.45pm.

Learners welcome.

Tauranga City Brass Band

1st & 3rd Tuesdays of the month. Games, Fish & Chips. Come along and join the fun 12-3pm, St Johns Anglican Church, 94 Bureta Road, Otumoetai. Ph 576 9923

Tauranga Creative Fibre

Mount Morning Badminton

Weekly rehearsals 7pm-9pm at 10 Yatton St, Greerton. New players very welcome. Jeremy 021 132 3341 Every Monday 9.30am also 2nd & 4th Thursday 7pm. Learn new skills, knitting, crochet, spinning, dyeing, weaving & felting. 177 Elizabeth Street Tauranga. Ph Cathy 07 570 2191

Tauranga Stamp Club

Wesley Methodist Church, 100 Thirteenth Ave. 10am on the 2nd and 7.30pm on the 4th Monday of the month All welcome. Ph Tony 07 549 5015 or Brian 07 576 5210

Te Puke 500 Cards

Monday nights at the Te Puke Bridge Club, 4 Queen Street, Te Puke. 7pm start. Cost $5. Ph Mike 0274 955 284 or Lou 07 575 8184

Te Puke Community Patrol

Meet on a Monday over tea & coffee t s are in rmati n. n 6383 or email tepuke@cpnz.org.nz

9.30am-12pm Mt Sports Centre, Blake Park. Social, all ages, racquets available, beginners welcome, $5 per day. Ph Margaret 575 9792

Olympic Style Shooting

auran a ar et i e lu as een locked out of its range by the Legion of Frontiersmen during sublease negotiations. Contact Alan 021 251 2843 for details

Oriana Singers Community Choir

7pm Tuesdays at St Andrews Church Hall, Dee St, Mt Maunganui. All voices welcome, espeically tenors and bases.

Ken Street 027 476 7404

Otumoetai Tennis Club

Adult tennis. 9am Tues &Thurs.

Bellevue Park Windsor Road (adjacent to swimming pool). New players and visitors welcome. Ph Peter 021 542 172

Otumoetai Walking Group

Tuesday 19 July

Meet at 9am at Kulim Park. Ph Danny 576 6480

Join us for a game of 500. Fun and friendly group. Tues & Thurs 12noon4pm at Mount Community Hall, 345 Maunganui Rd. Ph Margaret 027 658 6848

St Peter’s Hall, Victoria Rd, Mt Maunganui Tuesdays @ 10am & St Mary’s Hall, Marlin St, Bayfair Thursdays @10am.

Morning tea provided

500 Cards

Preschool Music and Movement

Altrusa Ladies Service Group

Recycled Teenagers Gentle Exercise

ltrusa nt l adies er i e r u , meet evenings 2nd Tuesday for Business and 4th Tuesday for Programme. eg movies or similar Ph/text Sandra 027 483 8454 www.altrusa.org.nz

Badminton

Tues & Thurs 9.15-11.30am at Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre. Great fun. Some racquets available. Visitors $6. Melissa 027 307 6800 or Sarah 027 363 8157

Baycourt

The Matariki Glow Show (Puppetry/Music) Addison Theatre 11am (>5yrs) 1pm (Family show). Tickets available from ti ete . .n

Conversation Cafe Dee St

10.45-11am at Presbyterian Church Hall. Varied program. Morning tea, aimed at seniors. All welcome. $2.50pp until further notice. 544 0951 or 021 127 4277

St. Mary’s Church cnr Girven and Marlin 9-10.30am. Suitable for joint replacements, arthritics, recovery from accident or illness. Strength coordination and balance. Jennifer 571 1411

Sequence Dancing

Tauranga Social & Leisure Club, St Johns Church Hall, 94 Bureta Rd Otumoetai, Tues 7-9.30pm except 2nd Tues month 3.30-6pm Lesley 929 7295

Scrabble

Love words and strategy? Come join us each week. Tauranga Citz Club, 9:20am.

Don’t need to join Citz Club. Jo Ann 07 578 3606

Social Dancing

1-3pm at Tauranga Citizens Club, 13th Ave. Mix of ballroom, Latin, RnR. Friendly informal group. Ph Joan 021 323 325

St Johns Anglican Playgroup

Join us Tues, Weds & Thurs 9.30-

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Music fun and play for children 0-5. All welcome. St Johns Anglican Church Hall, 94 Bureta Rd. stjohnsanglicanplaygroup@gmail.com

TaiChi Internal Arts

Beginner Classes. Tues & Thurs 9.30am at Te Puke Memorial Hall. Wednesdays 9.30am at St Georges Church Hall, Gate Pa. Thurs 9.30am at Te Puna Memorial Hall. $6.

David 027 222 2824

Tauranga Acoustic Music Club

Greerton RSA 7pm. Friendly gettogether, all instruments, all levels of ability. Come in & enjoy some live music. Grant 578 6448

Te Puke Pipe Band

Meets weekly 6-8pm at Te Puke Baptist Church, Station Rd, Te Puke. Learner pipers and drummers welcome. Free tuition provided Ph Jo 021 052 6728

Te Puna Playcentre

Fun play sessions for parents/ caregivers & children 0-5yo. Open Tuesday from 9-1pm during term.

225 Te Puna Rd. Ph 07 552 5153 te.puna@playcentre.org.nz

TGA Patchwork & Quilters

Every 1st & 3rd Tuesday at 7pm; 2nd & 4th Friday at 10am. Tauranga Art & Craft Centre, 177 Elizabeth St. Contact Denise 0272 919 917

Yoga for All

Welcome Bay Community Centre, 6-7.30pm. Traditional, relaxing Yoga class. Beginners welcome. $15 for one or $110 for nine classes.

Bring a mat. Info: Bhajan 07 929 7484

Wednesday 20 July 10 Pin Bowling

1pm @ 10 Pin Tauranga,135 13th Ave. Mixed group play for fun but keep the score. Very occasionally competitive. Ph Glenda 021 257 8678

500 Cards

Play 500 at our friendly club, 1pm at St Thomas More Church, Gloucester Rd Mt Maunganui. $4. Refreshments and prizes. Barbara 027 216 9066 or Bob 0274 786 282

Adults Ballet Plus

Lots of dance styles covered 12.30pm at St Peters Church Beach Rd Katikati ‘Dance like no one’s watching’ Ph Gaye 027 274 8753 / 07 577 1753

Age Concern Walking Group

Meet at 10am Mitre 10 Cameron Road. Ph Renee 07 576 6699

Cards

Cribbage 12.30 for 1pm start at RSA Greerton.

Friendly club. New members very welcome. Ph Jill 021 160 6143

Club Mt Indoor Bowls

Every Wednesday at Kawaka St. Names in by 6.45pm for 7pm start.

Val 027 302 8149

Fernland Spa Gentle Exercise

In warm mineral water, no chlorine.

Suitable for joint replacements, arthritics, recovery from accident or illness. For strength, coordination & balance. Not offered on school holidays. Jennifer 571 1411

Healing Rooms Prayer

Enjoy Overseas Travel?

Experience God’s healing touch, whether physical, emotional, spiritual. The Sanctuary, 159 Durham St. 1-3pm. All welcome. No charge. www. healingrooms.co.nz 027 640 1263

Winnipeg, Canada May 2023, be home-hosted and host visitors from Boston, U.S.A. Meetings Thursdays & Sundays monthly, phone Jonathan 5722091, Dianne 027-249 9859

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Greerton Community Hall.

Champion Fours 7pm names in book.

Kevin 543 4044

Free ESOL conversation classes, Holy Trinity Church, 251 Devonport Rd. 9.30-11.30am. Every Monday except school holidays

Katikati Bowling Club

Katikati Bowling Club

ESOL

8 Park Road. Mixed Roll-ups 12.45-3pm

8 Park Rd Rummikub 1-4pm, $3 entry

Marching For Leisure

Keynotes Women’s Barbershop Chorus

A non-competitive activity for mature ladies. Fun, fitness and friendship. For all Tauranga team’s practice details and contacts Ph Elaine Corbett 021 208 8898

Pickleball

10am-12noon at Baypark. 7-9pm at Tauranga Boys College. Join us for some fun! Paddles provided. $5. Bob 027 478 6282 or Sue 021 726 304

Scottish Country Dancing

Mount Community Centre 345 Maunganui Road 7 pm Social Dancing. Geoffrey 544 0839 Lynne 021 1407 912

Taijiquan and Qigong

Sat & Wed 9am free Taiji / Qigong group. Kulim Park on beach by big rock.

All welcome. Ph Petro 021 751 665

Tauranga Embroiderers’ Guild

Tauranga Embroiderers Guild meets every Wednesday at Tauranga Rowing Club, Devonport Rd 10am-2.30pm and 7-9pm. Beginners very welcome.

Contact Pat Macdonald 027 311 8876 / 07 576 4546

Tauranga MidWeek Tramping Group

Henderson’s loop to Hurunui hut.

Start West Branch Track and come back North Branch track. Grade moderate. Debbie 027 358 3863

Tauranga RSA Quiz Night

7pm start. 1237 Cameron Road. Teams of up to 8. $3 p/person. Bar/snack food available. Ph 578 9654

Tauranga RSA Housie

12.30pm start. 1237 Cameron Rd. Come and enjoy a friendly game of Housie. Bar snacks & coffee available.

Ph 578 9654

Te Puke Bolivia

Te Puke Senior Citizens Club. 8 Palmer Place,Te Puke. 1-4pm New players welcome. Cost $3, afternoon tea provided. Ph Doreen 576 8867 / 021 254 5569

Thursday 21 July 60’s Up Movement

First Thursday of every month 10am, Tauranga Citizens Club. Meet new people, join the fun. Cost $3. Enquiries 027 247 7643

Bay City Rockers

Social Rock’nRoll dancing, plus other popular dances at Senior Citizens Hall, Norris St. 7pm-9.30pm. $3 entry incl supper.

Ph Gavin 027 643 6222

7pm Wesley Centre Hall, 100 13th Avenue. Do you love to sing? We sing 4-part harmony.

Women, any age welcome. Ph Bernice 576 4848 Facebook Keynotes Inc.

Meditate in Tauranga

Combine Buddhist wisdom with meditation to improve the quality of your life. Everyone welcome. $15/10 7pm hall behind Brian Watkins House www.meditateintauranga.org

Preschool Music and Movement

St Peter’s Hall, Victoria Rd, Mt Maunganui Tuesdays @ 10am & St Mary’s Hall, Marlin St, Bayfair Thursdays @10am. Morning tea provided

Sunshine Sequence Dance Group

Come and join a friendly group dancing 7-9.30pm at St John’s Church Hall, Bureta. $4pp includes supper.

Dawn 579 3040

Friday 22 July

Alcoholics Anonymous

Open meeting 10am, Wesley Methodist Church, 100 13th Ave, Tauranga. All welcome, Ph 0800 229 6757

Coffee & Connect

10am-12pm at Welcome Bay Community Centre, 242 Welcome Bay Rd. Chat and have a smell of happiness in a cup of coffee. Feeling lonely?

Come along make new connections

Free Library

1-3pm. Open to all. Free books, free refreshments. Join games: Scrabble, Quiddler, Skip-Bo. Take home books, jig-saw puzzles. 33 Maitland Street.

Greerton Senior Centre. Librarian 543 0355

Greerton Indoor Bowling Club

Greerton Senior Citizens Hall, Maitland Street, Greerton. Club Night.

7pm start. Ph Keith 577 1116.

Katikati Senior Citizens Club

Meets at Katikati Memorial Hall 12.45 for a game of social bowls and a chat over a cuppa. Ph Chris 549 0958

Mental Health Recovery Workshops

Free workshops for people with experience of mental unwellness or addiction looking for support in recovery. 10-2 at the Historic Village.

Call Melody 022 692 5868

Overeaters Anonymous

Is your eating affecting the way you, or someone else, live your lives?

Overeating, undereating - we meet Tuesdays 7-8pm and Fridays 1-2pm.

Ph 0210 236 3236

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Sun 17th Josh Pow 4-7pm MT RSA Fri 15th Gerry Lee 7-10.30pm RISING TIDE Fri 15th Van Brookes 6.30 Sat 16th Indecisive 5pm Sun 17th Je Marco 2.30pm VOODOO Fir 15th Diana Lunar 6pm The Funk Drop with Omega B 9pm Sat 16th Gay of Plenty – Voodoo

Pride Party with DJ Ayesha 9pm Sun 17th Hospo Night with Euphoria 9pm

Pickleball

9-11.45am at Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre.

7-9pm at Tauranga Boys College. Join in on the fun!

Paddles and balls provided. $5. Bob 027 478 6282

Senior Citizens Te Puke

500 cards. 12.45-3pm 8 Palmer Place, Te Puke. New players welcome. Cost $3, includes afternoon tea. Ph Brian 573 8465 Doreen 573 8867 021 254 5569

Tauranga Country Music Club

Meets on the 2nd Sunday at 1pm each month at the Senior Citizens Hall, Norris Street. All welcome.

Members a plate please.

Te Puke Bowling Club

New members welcome.

Loan bowls available. Friday rollup 12.45pm. Ph Te Puke Club 573 9709

TGA Patchwork & Quilters

Every 1st & 3rd Tuesday at 7pm; 2nd & 4th Friday at 10am. Tauranga Art & Craft Centre, 177 Elizabeth St. Contact Denise 0272 919 917

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Graham has plenty of top-quality brands and prides himself on his same-day installation policy.

He has more than 29 years’ experience in the industry and has been keeping Tauranga homes warm for more than 40 years.

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Graham, who is a New Zealand trade certified refrigeration engineer, says the person who quotes and installs is always the

Family owned, local manufacturing Trident Equipment & Canvas are the champions of keeping their customers covered with the highest quality canvas and PVC materials.

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Specialising in the fabrication of canvas and PVC products, Trident Equipment & Canvas has been operating out of Mount Maunganui for the past 30 years and prides itself on being family owned and a local manufacturer.

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103 GRIFFIN ROAD just off Belk Rd. Not before 7am. Sat 16th & Sun 17th in shed (indoors). HUGE garage sale -- collector’s dream!

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JUST $23.50+gst with FREE signs & price stickers! annual book sale

BOOKS AND JIGSAWS wanted for Tauranga Harbour City Lions November Book Sale. Dates 4th 5th 6th November 2022. Drop off points are Harvey Norman Cameron Road, Wet and Forget Chapel St Centre, Countdown Bethlehem Town Centre, 4 Seasons Tauranga Crossing, Bunnings Jean Batten Drive. Please no magazines, encyclopedias. Phone 579 2204 or 543 4418 or 027 270 5292

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ABLE GARDENER, experienced, efficient, knowledgeable, highly qualified. Maintenance, pruning, hedges, shrubs, roses; disease/pest control, lifestyle blocks, garden renovations; design & plant. Ph Tita 027 654 8781 or a/h 542 0120 HANDYMAN HOME & GARDEN SERVICES tree pruning, weeding, hedges, water blasting, home maintenance, rubbish removal at affordable rates Ph Philip 027 655 4265

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Have your powdercoated windows faded? Can be cleaned and restored like new! Plastic car bumpers faded? Can be restored too! Quality work. Showroom finish. Ph Wayne 021 162 7052 BUILDER AVAILABLE repair maintenance, decks, pergolas, fences, all housing work. Ph Roger 022 121 3356 HANDYMAN, decks, fencing repairs, painting, water blasting, lawns, and odd jobs. Free quotes Ph Rossco 027 270 3313

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FOUND KITTENS & PUPPIES various places, colours and sex. Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 Found dark tortie aged adult female cat. Mount Maunganui area. Ref: 551500 Found ginger young adult male cat. Te Puke area. Ref: 55150

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public notice We’re looking to join CoLAB Western Bay of Plenty District Council is looking to purchase a shareholding of 8.3% in CoLAB Waikato. As CoLAB is a Council Controlled Organisation (CCO), we must consult with the community before making any decision on whether or not to purchase the shares and join CoLAB. The key function of CoLab, a shared service provider owned by 12 Waikato councils, is to drive collaboration between councils, improve customer service and performance, and to reduce costs. Joining CoLab as a shareholder will allow Council the ability to participate in the strategic planning and direction of shared services offerings within CoLAB and benefit from the shared delivery project outcomes, promoting efficiency, effectiveness and value for money for our ratepayers. The shareholding in CoLAB of 8.3% will have no initial purchase cost to Council as the shareholding is a $1000 uncalled share. The cost annually to fund the operations of CoLAB will be $68,000 in the 2022/23 financial year. This excludes the costs of participating in any shared service projects. Shared service projects are opt-in projects, and any costs are incurred upon participation.

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You are welcome to worship with us each Sabbath (Saturday) St Andrews Church, Dee St, Mt Maunganui

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Enquiries 021 277 1909 It is a challenging picture. As a society we are going to 0 2 1 7 6 8 0 4 3 021 768 043 have to live in our story more deeply if we are to find a info@bethel.org.nz info@bethel.org.nz We look forward to seeing you! basis for unified, loving community. bethel.org.nz bethel.org.nz mtmaunganui.adventist.org.nz The Bible begins with the creation of a garden and a community – and everything is ‘good’.

The Hebrew concept for this goodness is shalom.

Tauranga Shalom is the way things ought to be; everything and everyone flourishing.

The garden revealed a human life of creation, humanity Churches and God in a remarkable, joyous harmony.

Sin damaged this. Theologian Cornelius Platinga ST PETERS IN THE CITY ST COLUMBA BETHLEHEM COMMUNITY CHURCH Cnr. Cameron Rd & Spring St 502 Otumoetai Rd describes sin as ‘shalom breaking’. He says that sin is not Phone 576 6756 www.stpeters.org.nz 183 Moffat Rd all about morality, right and wrong, it is about damaging www.stcolumba.co.nz Phone 578 9608 Phone 579 1600 the way things ought to be. In the way I respond to a Email: office@stcolumba.co.nz Rev Enosa Auva’a www.bcchurch.co.nz Rev. Reece Frith person or issue I will either build or break shalom. If I 10.00am Family Service 9.30 am Worship Service Contemporary 9.30am Worship Service forgive or show kindness I build shalom, the way things ST ANDREWS ought to be, if I react and abuse I break the fabric of life.

ST ENOCHS EVANS RD COMMUNITY Cnr Macville Rd & Dee St So think about your family, your work, your city – are CHURCH, PAPAMOA Mt Maunganui Phone 575 9347 134 16th Avenue Phone 578 3040 30 Evans Road you building shalom, the way things ought to be, or www.mountchurch.org.nz www.stenochs.org.nz Phone 574 6190 Rev. Douglas Bradley destroying shalom? If you build shalom you just might Rev. Jaco Reyneke Rev. Mike Uttley 9.00am Traditional Service change the world!

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We have now lived in Tauranga a year and this rather chaotic city is intriguing. It feels like BETH - EL disparate villages connected by motorways. la tyb It feels like the city centre is no centre at CHURCH all. CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE Replace with Messianic Family Messianic Family The aftermath of land wars and cultural St Andrews Church, Dee St, Mt Maunganui ALL WELCOME Study 9:30am -ALL Worship Service 10:45am WELCOME distance haunt us, the too rapid growthBible has SHALOM sprawled us and a land boom has living costs Also replace theSHALOM words: SABBATH ONLINE SERVICES ONLY 10 SABBATH 10 difficult for many.

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